Check canceling or stamping device.



No. 830,992.- PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906. R. HAMPEL. CHECK GANGELING 0R STAMPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 13313.10. 1905.

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No. 880,992. v PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906. R. HAMPBL.

CHECK UANCELING OR STAMPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10. 1905.

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Witnaow 72 llampe Z PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

R. HAMPEL. CHECK GANGELING 0R STAMPINGDEVIOB.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.10. 1905.

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lmventoz i by which the jarring tive UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHECK CANCELING OR STAMPING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters l atent'.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Applicationjiled February 10, 1905- Sarial No. 245.160.

celing device particularly adapted for canceling or otherwise stamping checks, letters, bills, or the like and which will be found particularly useful in hotels, cafes, departmentstores, and such places wherera idity in canceling the checks is an essentia feature.

A further object of vide an arrangement that may be held under the control of the operator or proprietor of the establishment, so that unauthorized persons may be prevented from operating the device and fraud thereby avoided.

A further object is to provide an improved stamping device operated by electricity and and tiresome method as now employed is avoided; and still a further object is to provide a device which will be positive in operation and one in which little time will be required in its operation, and therefore permitting the cancellation to be done in much less time than is now-required.

' My invention also comprises certain details of construction and peculiar combination and arrange ent of parts, as will be fully described in the ,following specification and ointed out in th claims, reference being lied to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a checkstamping device etmbodyin my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitu device with the .parts in the inoperative position. Fig. 3 is 'a similar view with the parts in the position theyassume when a check is being stamped. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively side and transverse sectional views of the head of the device. Fig. 6 is a section taken approximately on the line 6 6 of Fig, 2. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view illustrating the detent forlocking the devicein the inoperaosition and the end of the lever with whic it engages. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the armatures and link for rocking the actuating-lever of the device.

perspective view of a portion of the locking my invention is to proal view of the v Fig. 9 is a detail.

rocking the same. Fig. 10 is a detail view of the inking-roller and the printing-diskprotectingcover. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view, partly in section, illustrating the vertically-adjustable manner in which the printing-disk is suspended.

In carrying out my invention I employ a base .1, from which rises a standard or casing 2, provided with a forwardly-projecting arm' 3, from which depends a head 4. On the base directly underneath the head is'a suitableplaten 5.

Within the head 4 is contained a yokeshaped hanger 6, in which the printing-disk 7 is journale'd, said disk being maintained in thedesired position with respect to its axis by means of pawl and.ratchet 8, as shown in Fig. 5. The hanger 6 is sus ended from one end of a lever 9, fulcrume mediate of itsends to rock in a vertical plane and extending through the arm 3, with its other end pro ecting into a casin 10, formed at the upper end of the standar 2. When this lever is rocked, its suspended hanger and the printing-disk areraised and lowered and the latter is caused to be impressed a ainst a check p aten 5. Y

In order to vertically adjust the printingdisk to the roper elevation, sothat at the downward t ow of the lever it will properly register with the platen, the hanger is prov1 ears 11, between which extend t e mem ers of a -separable coupling 12, one of its members being provided with a threaded socket which receives the threaded shank of the other member and both members being rovided with heads or flanges 13, which ear against the side edges tional contact. By binding the ears tightly between the members of this coupling after roper vertical relation has been efiected the an er, andconsequentl will e securely held' at t e proper elevation. Links 14,'connected to the'ad acent end of the lever 9 and to rods 15, extending outwardly from the coupling 12, constitute, with the hanger 6, the pending the (printing-disk. The rods 15 proect outwar ly through vertical slots 16 in the head 4 and in this instance are integral inter- I or the like laid on theed at its upper end with two s aced-a art of the ears with fricspecific means for susor detent lever and the electromagnets for the printing-disk,

or rigid with the respective members of the coupling, so that the latter may be tightened i and loosened by manipulating these rods. Preferably the lowermost portion of the printing-disk is surrounded by a plate 17, secured to the lower ends of the hanger, and only so much of the disk as will make the desired impression projects therethroug h.

Pivotally secured at their upper ends to opposite sides of the head 4 are two arms 18, designed to swing in a vertical plane and each provided with a cam-slot 19, through which one of the rods 15 projects, so that as said rods descend with the hanger 6 and disk 7 upon the downward movement of the adjacent end of the lever'9 said rods traveling downward in said slots will cause the arms to swing-forwardly. The lowerends of the arms 18 are provided with elongatedbea'rings 20, in which is journaled an inking-roller 21, extending from one arm to the other, said roller being yieldingly supported therein by means of springs 22. Also carried by said arms is a pan 23, which is pivotally mounted ,at one end on the journals of the inkingroller, being thereby also yieldingl supported, and said pan is pressed upwardly at'a point in advance of its pivots by forward extensions of the springs 22, so that it has a.

tendency to tilt its free end upwardly. The length of the arms 18 and the curvature-of their cam-slots are so desi ned that when. the

rods 15 are at the upper limit of their movement thev inking-roller will take position at the rear of the projecting periphery of the printing-disk on. an approximately horizontal plane therewith and the pan 23 will be pressed up against the lower edge of the head and constitute a protecting-cover for the periphery of the When the forward end of the lever 9-is moved downwardly, carrying with it the printing-disk, the inking-roller will manifestly be carried by theswinging arms 18 forward over the disk to ink the same, and at the same time the protecting-cover or pan 23 will be moved so as to uncover the periphery of the disk and will be tilted upwardly out of the way and lie against the side of the head 4, as

shown in Fig. 3.

I Having described the printing and inking devices and their coadjutant parts and the manner in which they operate, I shall now describe the mechanism by which the movements of such devices and parts are actuated and controlled. The rear end of the lever 9 is connected, as shown in Figs. 2, 3,

and 6, to a spring-drum device'24, which holds the lever normally in a horizontal position, with the printing-disk raised. 'This spring-drum, adjusted to the required tension, is held thereat by the pawl and ratchet '25. To lock the lever 9 in the position just printing-disk, as shown in Fig.

periphery of the printing-- i named and to maintain the'entire device in- OPBIEIUVG, I have provided a detent 26, pivoted between its ends within the standard 2 that a hook 28, formed on its upper end, will engage and'hold down the rear end of the lever against movement until released by the proper means. On the lower end of the detent-lever is secured an armature 29, 10-

tween two of the magnet-cores, so that it In this manner thesetwo magnets serve for both the armature 29 and two of the armatures 31. The electromagnets 30 are included in an electric circuit, in which the source of magnetic energy is here shown, for

example, as a voltaic cell 34,'and in which is included a switch 35 and a push-button cir- ;cuit-closer 36.

When is is desired to operate the checkstamping device, the operator places the check on the platen 5 and presses the pushbutton 36, which closes the circuit. The electromagnets being thereby energized will attract .both the armature 29 and the armatures 31. The former will be drawn in and rock thev detent-lever to release the lever 9, and the latter will then be rocked through the instrumentality of the rod 32 to effect 'the stamping of the check'in the manner before described. As soon as pressure "on the 'push button is released the circuit will be opened, the electromagnets will become deenergized, and the lever 9 willbe returnedby its spring to its normal horizontal position.

By means of the switch 35, which may be conveniently placed in a location where it is accessible only to the authorized operator of the devicesuch, for instance, as in a locked drawer-the operator may maintain the cirthe stamping device unattended without danger of its being used in his absence. This feature is manifestly advantageous when the device is used in restaurants or-the like for presentedby the clerk to thecashier, for by this means the clerks may be prevented from using the device to defraud during a temporary absence of the cashier. In this connecative position the printingdisk is'completely protected and covered by the pan 23 and and pressed by a spring 27 in such directioncated within the field of electromagnets 30,.

edges, as shown it 33, Fig. 9, to fit partly be-' will be'attracted toward the side of the same.

cuit open for any length of time and leave the purpose of marking checks Paid when tion it is to be borne in mind that in inoperthat this pan can only be moved to expose the disk by the action of the lever 9 after it has been unlocked or released by ener izing the electromagnets within the standar Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isr 1. A device of the kind described comprising a pivoted lever, printingmechanism suspended from one-end of said lever, a springdrum adapted to retain the lever in a normal position, a detent adapted to lock the parts in an inoperative position, a rod pivoted to the lever first mentioned, electromagnets, and armatures carried by the detent and rod, as .and for the purpose set forth.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a casing, an actuating-lever fulcrumed therein, a rinting device carriedb one end of said l dver, a detent-lever fu crumed in the casing and one end of which is designed to engage the other end of said actuatmg-lever, and-electromagnets arranged to move said detent-lever to release the actuating-lever and move the latter.

3.. A device of the character described, comprising a casing, an actuating-lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends in said casing, a printing device suspended from one arm of saidv lever, a draw-bar pendent from the same arm of said lever, a detent-lever fulcrumed in the casing and designed to engage with one of its arms the other arm of the actuating-lever, and electromagnets designed to attract said draw-bar and the other end of the de ent-lever, whereby to release and move the ac uating-lever.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a casing, an actuatinglever .fulcrumed intermediate its ends in said casing, a printing device suspended from one arm of said lever, a draw-bar pendent from the same arm of said lever, and provided at its free lower end with one or more armatures, electroiiiagnets arranged with their poles in juxtaposition to said armatures, and a detentlever fulcrumed in the casing, and designed to engage with one of its arms, the other arm of the actuating-lever, and provided on its other arm with an armature in proximity to the poles of said electromagnets, whereby when the latter are energized, the detentlever will be rocked to disengage the actuating-lever, and the latter will be operated.

5. A device of the character described,

comprising a standard or casing, a vertically movable printing device mounted in said casing, and actuating mechanism therefor, swinging arms mounted on the casing, and provided with cams, a pan carried by said arms and designed to normally cover said printing device, an inking-roller, also carried by-said arms, and means coactin with said cams for swinging said arms in a irection to carry said roller across the printing device and to remove the pan therefrom.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a standard or casing, a depressible printing device suspended therein, actuating mechanism for movingusaid printing device, rods projecting out t ough the casing,

and movable with said printing device, vertically-swinging arms mounted on the casing and provide with cams with which sai rods engage, an inking-roller yieldingly mounted on the free ends of said arms, and a pan also mounted on the free ends of said arms and spring-pressed upwardly underneath the printing device, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a standard or casing provided with a depending head, a printing device suspended in said head and movable downwardly therefrom to record a printing, actuating mechanism .for said impression device, rods extending out through said head and movable with said printing device, verticallyswingin arms pendent from said head and provide with cam-slots receiving said rods, an inking-roller journaled in the lower ends of said arms, and carried thereby across the printing device, and a pan pivoted at one edge and carried by the lower ends of said arms and normally located directly underneath the printing device, said pan being spring-pressed upwardly at one side of its pivot, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a device of the character described, an actuating-lever, a hanger provided at its upper end with cars, a printing device mounted in said hanger, links suspended from said lever, and an adjustable coupling, held in said links and binding against said ears whereby to support the hanger and allow for the vertical ad ustment thereof.

9. A device of the character described, comprisin a standard or casing, an actuating-lever ulcrumed therein, a hanger suspended from one end of said lever and having a vertically-adjustable connection therewith, said connection including ears on the hanger,

and a separable coupling binding said ears at opposite sides with frictional engagement,

' rods projecting out through the casing and ri id with the members of said cou lin whereby the latter may be manipuiiiteg from the outside of the casing, and a printing device mounted in said hanger.

10. A device of the character described, com rising a standard or casing, an actuatingever fulcruined therein, a ham er suspended from one end of said lever an having a vertically-adjustable connection therewith, said connection including ears on the hanger, and a separable coupling binding said ears at opposite sides with frictional engagement,

rods promoting out through the casing and arms mounted on sald casing and provided Witnesses:'

rigid with the members of said coupling! and normally located directly underneath whereby the liatter may be manipulated from said printing device. v the outside 0 the casing, a printing device mounted in said hanger, vertically-swinging RUDOLF with cam-slots receiving the projecting ends M. D. BLONDEL,

' of said rodsyand a pan carried by said arms E. M. VENN. I 

